Picture hanger



June 30, 1931. YR. c. BOSWELL 1,812,254

PICTURE HANGER Filed Oct. 27, 1927 INVENTOR.

floacoe C. fio an/a// ATTORNEY;

Patented .lune SO, 193 1 J I 'R S O -1 B SW L," or new HAB'rronn-Nnw YORK a i I PICTURE ANGER A plication-andOctob r 27,1927; Seria1No.229,135 .h

' This invention relates" to picture hangers andhas for its object to provideanattach ment adapted to be secured at the back of a picture with a free end formed thereonin- '5 the nature of a hook by meansof which'the picture may be suspended from a wall'hook or fastener secured to the wall.

'A further object is to form the attachment fro-m a single pieceof material thereby en-' abling the manufactureofthe same at a relativelylo-w cost, which is neat and attractive in appearance, embodying suflicient strength to securely support the picture,

, well adapted for the purposes for which the 5 same is-intended. i

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction and arrangement of the features forming the invention as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, re-feren ce being had to the accompanying drawings forming parthereof, wherein like numerals refep to like parts throughout the specifica- 1011 and in which r r Figure 1 1s a perspective view'showing the hanger secured to the back of a picture in supporting position,

Figure 2 1s a similar vlew showing the wall 7 hook attaching end disposeda t a relatively low position to enable the picture to hide thewall hook and r Figure 8 is a perspective view'of a modified form of hanger." a a Referring to the drawings in detail, the

invention comprises a picture hanger indi-V preferably constructed of. asuitable thin light weight metal and adapted to have its transand 0th erwise" cated at 5 of a generally'T-shaped formation, a

[any point along "the lon the hanger and when arranged near the end thereof Will substantially shorten-the length r of the end 9 whereby upon attaching the"- hangerto the "hook'll the latter will be entirely hidden from view by the picture.

Figure 3 of the'drawings represents a modified form of the-invention showing the mannor in which the hanger may be'formed from a, single strand ofwire, the ends of the wire be ng formed into eyes 12 for receiving pic-"- ture attaching screws; the wirebeing shaped substantially similar to the hanger 5, with its intermediate section bent" upwardly to form an attaching member 13 for engaging. the'wall hook 11. I a I a It is 'obviousthat the inventionis su'scepti. bleofvarious changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof v or the scopeof the appendedclaim, andI accordingly claim all such forms of the invention to'whichI am entitled. I claim: 7 I t, Apicture hanger,afsubstantially'T-shaped frame an attaching member of bendable material having it's-laterally disposed ends'at the head of the member securedto the frame] i a picture supporting hook. a" e 1 In testimonywhereofl versely di'sposed sect1on6 arrangednear the V The longitudinal section upper edge at'the back ofja picture 7 and 7 i i of the-hanger entends downwardly along the back-of the pic ture with the end thereof opposite fromthe transversev s ction" bent 'upwardlyfas at 9 r T and inclined outwardly from thejpicture. The end 9 is provided with a longitudinally extending slotted opening-10 within which a wall hook 11 maybe inserted whereby to pend the picture therefrom.

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' The bend forming the end 9 may occur at I Y gitudinal portion of f 0 intermediate its" en'ds, said" free end being open between itsside edges whereby-t0 receive j a I 

